Posts by donmoocao

Most restaurants, from what I understand, want someone they can rely on for a long period of time as a cook.  If they hire someone temporarily, they probably want experience as to them it means less training.  Students...

Hrm.. I relooked at the link and nothing is wrong with the physical address, but the link doesn't work for me either.  But yes it does start off with a roux. Full copy and pasted recipe in spoiler: [[SPOILER]] I'll try Brian's advice...

Yesterday, I decided to try a homemade mac and cheese recipe.  Everything was ok until I added the cheese to the milk.  The sauce became visually cloudy and the texture was gritty.  I thought the possibly that the...

Not mine, but my sister's doings.  My sister borrows my mom's relatively new car (she has an old car, but it's unreliable for long distances) to move out after the school year from Austin to Houston.  She apparently cleans...

Alright thanks for the great advice.  I was a little worried they might have an effect on the final product of the cracklings, but I'll be more at ease now.

I've recently made a duck dish and saved the skin and fat to render.  The skin seems to have young feathers about a quarter of an inch long.  Is there a fast way to remove it as I was hoping to get some cracklings during the...

There is a discernible difference between fresh and frozen for fish and meats although it doesn't bother me too much as the hassle of trying to find fresh in the first place.  Luckily our family does get very fresh fish and free...

I love the Vietnamese version of it.  It's usually served in congee with other offals.  As a kid, I wouldn't touch the stuff but it's my favorite now.

There are many benefits that come from home cooking and this community of course knows it.  But in today's society, convenience and cost will ultimately be the deciding factor on the majority of meals that Americans eat. ...

I've never done any slaughtering myself.  But visiting Vietnam I've been able to experience some of what was mentioned.  I was ok with chickens and rabbits, but slaughting a bleating goat... the cry it makes is heartbreaking.